Northern Ireland, bringing history to life
In one of her albums, my mother kept a large (something like 8 inch by 11 inch) beautiful black and white photograph of Eden band. The image was taken in the 1950s, in front of Eden Orange Hall. My …
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On Wednesday 6th July 1927, my paternal grandparents, Thompson Mulholland (Tommy) from Eden and Isabella Armstrong from Moyagoney were married. The one photo taken of the wedding party was …
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Enda, over at the Photos of Portglenone Facebook Group, contacted me some ten days ago. He is currently doing a themed set of photos on the local group about farming, and wanted to know if I had any …
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A local source tells me that this week (i.e. week beginning 12th October 2020), there was filming in Craigs Church and graveyard, in Cullybackey, for the top British TV series, Line of Duty. …
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I was very sorry to learn this morning of the death of the Reverend Noel Agnew. He was the chaplain for the Motor Cycle Union of Ireland. He was a well known, highly respected and loved figure …
A few weeks ago, I cleaned up a couple of photos that mum had in one of her albums. Below one of pictures, she had written in red ink, "Hopefield Hospital 1956." I had never heard of this hospital. …
